The battle for Ramadi, Iraq

The battle for Ramadi, Iraq
The battle for Ramadi, Iraq

The battle for Ramadi, Iraq

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At the same time a new Miss Iraq was crowned in Baghdad for the first time since 1972, Iraqi forces were beginning their assault to retake control of Ramadi, which has been in the hands of ISIS. We dig into what’s been happening in Iraq and in the fight against IS there with Iraqi American Laith Saud. He’s a visiting professor at DePaul University.